• Ivanka Trump in an embroidered and flowing anarkali suit with a bandhgala collar is a design by New Delhi-designer Rohit Bal. AP
    Ivanka Trump in an embroidered and flowing anarkali suit with a bandhgala collar is a design by New Delhi-designer Rohit Bal. AP
  • Ivanka Trump in an embroidered and flowing anarkali suit with a bandhgala collar is a design by New Delhi-designer Rohit Bal. AFP
    Ivanka Trump in an embroidered and flowing anarkali suit with a bandhgala collar is a design by New Delhi-designer Rohit Bal. AFP
  • White House senior advisor Ivanka Trump in a classic white silk jacket by Mumbai-based, vegan and environmentalist designer Anita Dongre. AFP
    White House senior advisor Ivanka Trump in a classic white silk jacket by Mumbai-based, vegan and environmentalist designer Anita Dongre. AFP
  • Ivanka Trump visits the Taj Mahal in Agra wearing Proenza Schouler. AFP
    Ivanka Trump visits the Taj Mahal in Agra wearing Proenza Schouler. AFP
  • Ivanka Trump visits the Taj Mahal in Agra wearing Proenza Schouler. AFP
    Ivanka Trump visits the Taj Mahal in Agra wearing Proenza Schouler. AFP
  • White House senior advisor Ivanka Trump in a classic white silk jacket by Mumbai-based, vegan and environmentalist designer Anita Dongre. AFP
    White House senior advisor Ivanka Trump in a classic white silk jacket by Mumbai-based, vegan and environmentalist designer Anita Dongre. AFP
  • White House senior advisor Ivanka Trump in a classic white silk jacket by Mumbai-based, vegan and environmentalist designer Anita Dongre. AFP
    White House senior advisor Ivanka Trump in a classic white silk jacket by Mumbai-based, vegan and environmentalist designer Anita Dongre. AFP
  • Ivanka Trump in an embroidered and flowing anarkali suit with a bandhgala collar is a design by New Delhi-designer Rohit Bal. AP
    Ivanka Trump in an embroidered and flowing anarkali suit with a bandhgala collar is a design by New Delhi-designer Rohit Bal. AP
  • Ivanka Trump in an embroidered and flowing anarkali suit with a bandhgala collar is a design by New Delhi-designer Rohit Bal. Reuters
    Ivanka Trump in an embroidered and flowing anarkali suit with a bandhgala collar is a design by New Delhi-designer Rohit Bal. Reuters
  • Ivanka Trump in an embroidered and flowing anarkali suit with a bandhgala collar is a design by New Delhi-designer Rohit Bal. Reuters
    Ivanka Trump in an embroidered and flowing anarkali suit with a bandhgala collar is a design by New Delhi-designer Rohit Bal. Reuters

Ivanka Trump wears traditional Indian anarkali by New Delhi designer Rohit Bal


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Ivanka Trump joined her father on his presidential visit of India, and chose to wear a traditional Indian design for the state banquet dinner on Tuesday night.

The embroidered and flowing anarkali suit with a bandhgala collar is a look by New Delhi-designer Rohit Bal. The embroidery features vines, red roses and golden foliage.

Similar anarkalis by Bal retail from about Dh1,800 ($490) to Dh9,000 ($2,450).

Rohit Bal has dressed plenty of celebrities in his time: Ranveer Singh chose a black embroidered sherwani by Bal for his wedding party in Bengaluru, and Uma Thurman and Naomi Campbell have been spied in his designs in the past.

Bal graduated from the renowned St Stephens College in New Delhi, and has held fashion shows everywhere from Moscow to Sao Paolo. In the UAE, his designs are stocked in Robinson's in Dubai Festival City and at The Rack by Kachins on Al Wasl Road.

Earlier on Tuesday, Trump wore a classic white silk jacket by Mumbai-based, vegan and environmentalist designer Anita Dongre.

White House senior advisors Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner arrive at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on February 25, 2020. AFP
White House senior advisors Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner arrive at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on February 25, 2020. AFP

Britain's Duchess of Cambridge wore a coral and aqua printed dress by Dongre on a 2016 trip to India. Back to Trump, on the first day of her visit to India, Monday, she wore a dress by Proenza Schouler, a design she also wore when on tour in Argentina.

Trump in Proenza Schouler
Trump in Proenza Schouler

While in the UAE earlier this month, Trump chose a dress by Layeur, the in-house label of Dubai-based e-tailer The Modist.

At the gala dinner at which Ivanka wore the anarkali, President Donald Trump's wife chose a bold pink Spanish design by luxury fashion house Balenciaga. She paired the dress with a pair of embroidered pink flats.

The shoes of first lady Melania Trump. AP
The shoes of first lady Melania Trump. AP
Indian President Ram Nath Kovind and his wife Savita Kovind stand with President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump as they arrive for a state banquet at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi. Reuters
Indian President Ram Nath Kovind and his wife Savita Kovind stand with President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump as they arrive for a state banquet at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi. Reuters